


THE ANNUAL REPORT 



TREASURER 



OP 

I 

Itititli Kitf ft f tt 



WITH THE 



PlI\[ANCIi\L I^ISTORY i^ND CONDITION. 



THE INSTITUTION, 



From its Organization in 1855, to tlie present time, 



Prepared and made out for publication under Eesolution of the 
Board of Cubatoks, at their meeting June 5th, 1871. 



LEXINGTON, KT- 

OBSERVER AND REPORTER PRINT. 

1871 



THE ANNUAL REPORT 



TREASURER 




^,„tti«f*tt„ 




<^ii^ i^%yC^ f A ; ' 



AVITH THE 



FINANCIAI. IIISTUIIY iVNU CONDmOKL 



THE INSTITUTION, 



From its Organization in 1855, to tiie present time, 

' Prepared and made out for publication under Resolution of the 

Board of Cukators, at their meeting June 5th, 1871. 



LEXINGTON, KY- 

OBSERVER AND REPORTER PRINT. 

1871 




v5^ 



"y 



^^ 



o 



^y^ 



% 



K 



FINANCIAL HISTORY 



OF 



KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 



PUBLISHED BY OKDER OF THE CURATORS- 



At the meeting of the Board of Canitors of Kentucky Univei-sity, held 
at Lexiugton, Ky., June Gth, 1871, tlie following Resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed in connection 
with the Treasurer to make a report of the Financial Condition of Ken- 
tuck}' University, with a view of publishing a condensed report in the 
newspapers in this city, and at least one newspajjer in the city of Louis- 
ville, and a Specific Report in pamphlet form to at least the number of 
Donors, slioAving the amount given by each Donor, and the funds to 
which it was given, also names of the Donors. 

R. M. BISHOP, Chairman 

Joseph S. Woolfolk, Secretary. Board of Curators. 



The undersigned, appointed a Committee under the above Resolution, 
having made a full and thorough examination of the original stock lists, 
account books, reports, and other documents exhibiting the Financial 
history and condition of Kentucky University, from its first organiza- 
tion to the present date, find that the same have been kept with accu- 
racy and care, and furnish the data, fully and satisfactoril3% for the 
report contemplated in the resolution, and which is submitted below. 
The Committee beg leave to express their acknowledgements to Regent 
Bowman and Major Luxton for the assistance rendered in the examina- 
tion of these documents and data, and for their readiness in supplying 
all needed information. 

The Committee find the Account Books kept in excellent order, and 
exhibiting the financial condition of the University, in any given year, 
plainly and satisfactory. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

Z. F. SMITH, Ch'm, ) 
ANDREW STEELE,,' Committee. 
W. T. WITHERS, S 



FIKAKCIAL HISTORY 



OP 



KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 



PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CURATORS IN 1866. 



The efforts of the Christians of Keiitnckj^ to e.stablisli a College for 
the education of j^oung men, began in Georgetown about the year 1836; 
and, after repeated failures to raise an endowment for their institution, 
which was removed in 1840 to Harrodsburg, the enterprise was virtuallj'^ 
abandoned in 1850. An unsightly building, a small library of almost 
worthless books, and a small fund of eight or ten thousand dollars, called 
at that time an endowment fund — but which was, in fact, a loan and 
incumbrance — was all that remained of the results of thirteen years of 
labor. 

A few Alumni of Bacon College — as the institution at Harrodsburg 
was called — watched the struggle and decline of their alma mater with 
concern and mortitieation, and a few brethren of liberal views and some 
philanthropy sympathized with them. But one only seemed to cherish 
the least hope of a resurrection of the College ; he regarded Its failure 
as a sad but suggestive lesson, providentially given, and in his heart 
resolved to profit by it in future. John B. Bowman conceived the idea 
of concentrating the distracted energies and means of the brotherhood 
of Kentucky, and the influence of all the liberal citizens of the Com- 
monwealth, upon the great work of erecting a Universitj^ in the full 
sense of the term, upon the ruins of Bacon College. 

His simple appeal to them was : Brethren, you have failed to build 
up a College; now, then, let us establish a great University. The bold- 
ness of his logic at first merely surprised them. He asked the co-oper- 
ation of some already distinguished for their zeal and patience in every 
good work ; they deemed the enterprise as the chimera of a young man, 
and discouraged his dream as idle, if not dangerous to the Church. Al- 
most alone, and in the face of every adverse circumstance, he began his 
work. Sacrificing his professional aims, abandoning his farm, and fore- 
going the comforts of a pleasant home, he started out in the dreary 
winter to lay the foundation of a great Universitj' in the hearts of a 
people already sick of College enterprises, hopeless by reason of past 
failures, and suspicious of any new undertaking. The county of Mer- 
cer, in which he lived, and in which Bacon College was located, having 
at his instance and through the efforts of himself and of its leading 



Tf^TTOagKriilflfT^filliTii 



citizens, raised conditionally the snni of thirty thonsand dollars, ho 
went abroad with this encouragement, to secure from other coinnuini- 
ties the nucleus of his xU'oposed endowment. 

In many [»laces he met the shrug of the cold shoulder, or received 
the gi-ave admonition to return to his home and b(> wise. lie met with 
liarsh criticisms u[)on the former nnxnagcment of the aliairs of Bacon 
College, and still harsher prophecies of mismanagement and failure in 
future. But that whicli most discouraged him— if, indeed aiiything 
could be said to have discouraged him — was the opinion, bitterly ex- 
pressed ])y more than one sorrowful fother whom he approached, that 
Colleges were unmitigated curses; and who pointed, in sad confirma- 
tion of the fiict, to their sons whom some College had ruined — who had 
been driven from its halls in disgrace. lie met with these discourage- 
ments, and he dealt with them as with facts. lie would sit down and 
argue at the fireside, first Avith the father and then with the mother; 
he would argue along tiie highway and in the field. Seated on a log, 
perhaps, in sonn^ sleety forest, with bridle in hand, he would unfold bis 
plan to some industrious former, in plain and earnest language, un- 
mindful of the freezing winds or inclement skies. Thus he went from 
house to house, through the few central counties of Kentucky, disarm- 
ing prejudice, rekindling the hopes of his bretliTen, and enlarging their 
ideas of education. In one hundred and fifty days he obtaIned 

ONE hundred and FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! ThUS, witllOUt the USO 

of the press or the pulpit, he ipiietly laid the corner-stone of his 
University. 

The simple financial idea, in his endowment scheme, deserves special 
mention. The notes for money subscribed were made payable in easy 
installments, and, Avhen collected, the principal was at once safely in- 
vested. A certificate of stock was issued to each subscriber, with 
coupons attached, bearing value equal to one year's tuition, and made 
transferable. The coupons were redeemable in tuition only, so that the 
stock, without interest, would be gradually refunded to the subscriber. 
But by the scheme devised, while the capital subscribed Avas refunded 
in the form of tuition, it remained in the form of cash as the perma- 
nent, unincumbered endowment, the interest on which should pay the 
expenses of the Institution. 

As soon as this amount of $150,000 had been obtained. Mv. Bowman 
called together the donors and friends of the movement, in a meeting 
held at Harrodsburg in May, 1857. The meeting was numerously at- 
tended, chieriy by the representatives from the seven or eight central 
counties of Kentucky, which had been already applied to in behalf of 
the enterprise. It was a meeting harmonious in spirit, earnest in its 
action, and most favorable in its results. 

"Thus far," said Mr. Bowman, as reported in the published minutes 
of the meeting— "thus far have we progressed in the work up to the 
present time, averaging about one thousand dollars for ea<'h day that 
we have been engaged. We have by this eflort, pai-tially laid the pe- 
cuniary basis for an Institution which, we hope, is d.estined to become 
the support of the Church and the ornament of the State, and which 



6 

will meet tlie highest expectations of those who have so liberally con- 
tributed to it. We beg leave, however, to say. that we regard this as 
but the beginning of a work, which, with the Divine blessing, we in- 
tend to prosecute until perfected. In reference to the plan of organi- 
zation. I would merely remark, in general, that there are some features 
in our present collegiate system that should be discarded. The spirit of 
the age, and the present state of society, call for colleges for young 
men. rather than for boys. The Xatural Sciences, in their application 
to the useful arts and to agi-iculture. shoidd receive more attention. A 
higher grade of scholarship should be established, as a condition both 
of martriculation and of graduation. And, generally, we need a more 
modern. American, and Christian basis for every department of our 
proposed Institution." 

This meeting was important as having recognized the contemplated 
University as the property of the people at large who had subscribed 
the money. They divested it of all local character; and suggested such 
provisions in the proposed Charter as would give the donors a proper 
representation in the Board of Curators. 

During the following winter the Legislature granted a liberal Char- 
ter, iftcorporating a board of thirty, under the name of the Ccrators 
OF Kentucky Uxiveesity. giving them full power, for the purpose of 
promoting the cause of education in all its branches, and of extending 
the sphere of science, and Christian morality, to establish and endow 
fully, in said University, any departments and professorships they may 
deem necessary to carry out their objects. By the same organic instrix- 
ment. the Trustees of Bacon College consenting, the property of that 
defunct Institution was transferred to the new Board, and Bacon College 
ceased to exist, in name as well as in fact. 

One of the early prejudices that had to be met in raising a sufficient 
endowment for the University, was the notion that no institution of 
learning ought to be largely endowed; that it was better to keep the 
Professors dependent on tuition fees for their support. This it was fre- 
quently argued, would make them more active in obtaining patronage 
and more faithful in the discharge of their duties. In fact, the last at- 
temiJt that the Trustees of Bacon College had made to revive that 
Institution, was to elect a nominal President, and send him out to raise 
a fund of thirty thousand dollars from the State at largel This amount 
it was supposed, would be sufficient for all the purposes of a first-class 
College. 

When, therefore. Mr. Bowman had obtained one hundred and fifty 
THOUSAND DOLLARS, the general expression was that he had enough— 
that it was already a magnificent endowment, and many of the friends 
of the enterprise seemed to be satisfied. But this view of the matter 
seriously embarrassed his operations in two ways: First, it made any 
further appeals for money seem like extravagant and unreasonable de- 
mands. Second, it led to an urgent request, which at last, amounted 
almost to clamor, that the Institution should be opened forthwith. Mr. 
Bowman, ana others, saw that a premature opening of the College 
would be ruinous: and yet the popular demand must be satisfied. It 



was accordingly agreed that a Preparatory School should be opened 
temporarily in the old Bacon College building; and in September, 1858< 
this school went into oi)eration under the name of the Taylor Acda- 
EMY, with nearly one hundred students in attendance. At the same 
time, it was agreed that in September. 1859, a College of Science and 
Arts be opened under the Presidency of R. Milligan, assisted by the 
proper number of Professors. 

In tlie meantime, in order to present the plan of a University more 
plainly to the people on whom he relied lor the material aid, Mr. Bow- 
man began to discuss earnestly the great question of collegiate and pro- 
fessional education, and to insist that he needed not less than one half 
A million of dollars in order to lay the foundation of his enterprise. 
He says : 

"Why should we not be as progressive in the cause of education as in 
our industrial and commercial enterprises, and why should we be de- 
pendent upon New England or Old England for our best educational 
facilities, when our wants, in this respect, are so varied and pressing? 
It is true that we have, scattered all over the AVest, scores of unen- 
dowed, half-starved, sickly, puny Institutions, called Colleges and 
Universities, many, indeed, of which, have their piles of bricks, stone, 
and mortar, making an imposing show. But how many of them, in the 
way of Endowments. Scholarships. Libraries. Instruments, and lit- 
erary AND SCIENTIFIC MEN — the TRUE apparatus of an education — are 
prepared to furnish to our young men such a liberal education as the 
times, and the peculiar circumstances of our age and country demand 'i 
And, above all. how few secure and enforce that effective disciiiline 
which, at the same time, is consen^ative of good morals and productive 
of good scholars 'i U is to be confessed and regretted, that while our 
march has been onward and upward in other respects, we have been 
lacking in this, and have, as j'et. to be considered as empirics; so much 
so, that it is a problem not solved, whether Colleges are a curse or a 
blessing. While, then, we have no spirit of antagonism to other Insti- 
tutions, but are kind and catholic in feeling to all, we would not be 
deemed arrogant in proposing to build, upon a modern basis, an Insti- 
tution equal to any in America — an Institution for young men instead 
of boys, with a high grade of scholarship, and which, especially in its 
Ministerial, Xormal. Scientific, and Agricultural Departments, will meet 
the wants of our young giant West. For it does seem, that as the -Star 
of Empire' is moving onward and westward, there is opened up a 
special missionary field for the Minister, Teacher, and intelligently edu- 
cated Farmer. 

"We only propose, in our daj^ and generation, to lay the foundation 
of such an Institution, with the full hope and confidence that others to 
come will build upon and perfect the superstructure." 

Such views he sought perseveriugly to impress on the minds of the 
people, and it was gratifying to see that his ap^icals found a ready re- 
sponse in the hearts of many. 

The College of Science and Arts was opened, acroiding to promise in 
the autumn of is.")!'. Avith ncarlv two hundred students in attendance. 



8 

At once the Institution was in need of an extensive Chemical and 
Pliilosophical Apparatus. Tlie interest on the endowment fund was 
alreadj-^ pledged to the Professors, and the College had no other re- 
sources. Mr. Bowman appealed, once more, to the citizens of the 
county, and, in a few days, having raised $5,000 he was able to buy the 
apparatus that was wanted. But the most serious want that had been 
created by the premature opening of this College was that of adequate 
buildings. The old edifice of Bacon College had been repaired ; but it 
was found to be insufficient for the wants of a single College then in 
session. In the midst of his labors for the University endowment, there- 
fore, Mr. Bowman found himself called on to provide all the necessary 
buildings, not only for the College of Arts, but in anticipation, for the 
University, with all its contemplated Schools and Colleges. The funds 
already raised could not be used for this purpose, and the amount 
required would, necessarily be large. To this part of tlie work he now 
addressed himself with energy. 

One of the most beautiful and healthful sites for an institution of 
learning, in the State of Kentuclcy, was the famous Harrodsburg 
Springs, for many years one of the most popular resorts in the West. 
These grounds, with their elegant and extensive buildings, had been 
purchased by the United States Government as the site of the Western 
Military Asylum; but they were now abandoned, and fii*e had con- 
sumed the edifice. Tliis place, containing about two hundred acres of 
land, Mr. Bowman determined, if possible, to secure. After repeated 
visits to Washington City, he finally obtained the passage ot a bill 
ordering it to be sold at public sale. In anticipation of the day of sale, 
he went to work and raised the sum of fifty thousand dollabs for 
the specific purpose of buying it. But through the interference of 
parties who desired to secure the property as a fashionable summer 
resort, his efforts to purchase it were defeated, and the notes of the 
subscribers were surrendered. He thus had the mortification to see the 
spacious eligible grounds and buildings, on which he had long set his 
heart as the site of a great Universitjs pass by means of an opposing 
and inferior interest, forever from his hands. 

To increase his embarrassments as the founder and financier of tlie 
University, the war with all its social and commercial distractions came 
on. The work of increasing the endowment was necessarily suspended; 
but his labors as Treasurer were moi'e delicate and onerous. He 
continued to collect and invest the funds subscribed; he received and 
disbursed the interest thereon ; and kept all the accounts of the Insti- 
tution. He watched with a vigilant eye every pecuniary interest 
through all the crushing storm of the war. Not a dollar was lost, and 
not a week's suspension of College exercises occurred during this 
period, although opposing armies were encamped around, and the build- 
ings were finally taken as hospitals for the sick and the wounded. It is 
proper to add, that all this labor was performed by him, as indeed, all 

OTHER LABOR FROM THE BEGINNING, NOT ONLY WITHOUT CHARGE, BUT 
AT THE SACRIFICE OF HIS PECUNIARY INTERESTS. 

But the necessity for buildings grew dailj'- more and more urgent. 



9 

Tlic luihifc to (ibtiiiit tliosf at llai-rodsljiii'<>- cn-atcd u lively >«yiii|iiitliy 
abroad, and, all the iieeessary gi-ounds and biiildiii<;s were oll'ered, il' the 
[iistitutlou could be removed. But it was su,u.i?csted that the old ediliee 
of Bacon Colle<>e could be repain.'d and eidar<;ed. and made meet all 
the reasonable wants of the University. This idea the IVicuuls at liar- 
rodsbiir<>- generally favored, when a spark from a defective Jhie fell on 
the roof of the building-, and lanned by a February gale, it soon 
wrapped the pile in llames, and all that remained of the building, ap- 
paratus and library, was a heap of smouldering laiins. This disaster 
pressed upon the Board of Curators the necessity for immediate action. 
They were forthwith convened, and all eyes were turned to Mr. 
Bowman. 

The Ti'ustees of Transylvania University at Lexington, at this junc- 
ture, intimated a willingness to convey the grounds and buildings of 
that Institution to the Curators of Kentucky University, on the condi- 
tion of its removal to Lexington, Citizens of Louisville and Covington 
also manifested a desire to have the Institution located in those cities. 
The board, however, not agreeing in this exigency, resolved to leave 
the whole question of removal and location to a Conmiittee, of whom 
Mr. Bowman was Chairman. It was ordered, that if the Committee 
should locate the Institution at any other point than Harrodsburg, an 
act authorizing the removal should be lirst passed by the Legislature, 
that every thing might be done legally. The Board in the meantime, 
expressed it as a judgment that the Institution should be removed from 
Harrodsburg. 

Accordingly. Mr. Bowman called the committee to meet at Frankfort 
in January 1S()5; but an unexpected denoument followed. While 
there, the proposition of Congress to donate to Kentucky 330,U0G acres 
of land, for the purpose of agricultural and mechanical education, came 
up for consideration. The t>tate was not prepared to accept the grant 
with the conditions imposed, and the numificent provision of Congress 
seemed likely to be lost to the State. 3Ir. Bowman proposed to make 
the State Agricultural College a Department of Kentuckj' University, 
and to consolidate into the great Institution the University of Harrods- 
burg, Transylvania, and the Agricultural College, and the whole to be 
located at Lexington. He proposed further, if this should be done, to 
provide an experimental farm, and all the requisite buildings, and to 
give gratuitous instruction to three hundred students, to be selected by 
the State; and he furthermore pledged, that the Board of Curators 
would carry out, in the Agricultural Department, the spirit and intent 
of the act of Congress encouraging the education of the industrial 
classes. 

A bill to this eflect was accordingly drawn up. and. after a long and 
animated discussion in the General Assembly, it was passed by a large 
majority, and Kentucky University was removed from Ilarrodsbui'g. 
the grounds and buildings and endowment of Transylvania Avere 
transferred, and the State Agricultural College was made part of the 
University, with an aggregate capital of more than one half a million 



10 

of dollars. Thus he accomplished by one act what he had allowed 
himself many years to bring about. 

But he had obliged hiniselt by this sclieme to raise one hundred 
THOUSAND DOLLARS With which to purchasc an experimental farm and a 
site for all the buildings requisite for the Colleges of the University. 
He at once removed to Lexington and began his work, and, before the 
Legislature adjourned, he reported to that body that he had secui'ed 
from the citizens of Lexington over one hundred thousand dollars. 

hi June following, the Curators formally ratified his action, and 
ordered that Kentucky University be opened in Lexington in October 
following, and three Colleges, to wit; that of Law, that of tlie Bible, 
and of the Arts and Sciences, went into operation accordingly. It was 
further resolved by the Board, on the recommendation of Mr. Bowman? 
tliat, as soon as practicable, a College of Medicine a Normal College, 
and the Agricultural College, be added, making in all six distinct de- 
partments, each under its own Faculty of Instructors and Tutors. 

In October nearly three hundred studeiits assembled from several 
different States, and were admitted into the several Colleges, so far as 
tliey had been organized ; and the Institution has been, thus far pros- 
perous. During the present year, 1866, Mr, Bowman has purchased, for 
the use of the Agricultural College, the splendid home of the departed 
statesman, Henky Clay. "Ashland'' is now the property of Kentucky 
University. But, in addition to this, he has added a highly cultivated 
farm adjoining, some four hundred and fifty acres in all, so that the 
Agricultural College of Kentucky University may be ready early for 
the reception of students, on the most splendid farm in Kentucky. 

On reporting these purchases to the General Assembly at its late ses- 
sion, they at once voted an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars 
to aid in securing the opening of the College next fall; and Mr. Bow- 
man is now bending every energy to the work of putting the Institu- 
tion into full operation. 

A few remarks, from his address to the Curators, will close this sketch 
of tlie origin and progress of one of the most remarkable educational 
and benevolent enteri^rises in America : 

"I have but one desire in all this matter: I want to see accomplished 
through this institution the greatest good to the greatest number of our 
poor fiillen race, thus giving the greatest glory to God. I want to 
cheapen this whole matter of education, so that, under tlie broad expan- 
sive influence of our Eepublican Institutions, and our advancing civi- 
lization, it may run free as our great rivers, and bless the coming mil- 
lions. Hitherto, our Colleges and Universities have been accessible only 
to the few, such are the expenses attending them. We therefore want a 
University with all the Colleges attached, giving education of the 
highest order to all classes. We want ample grounds and buildings, 
and libraries, and apparatus, and museums, and endowments, and prize- 
funds, and professors of great hearts and heads, men of faith and 
energj'. Indeed, we want everything which will make this Institution 
eventually equal to any on this continent. Why should we not have 
them? I think we can. I believe there are noble men enough all over 



11 

this laiul who will give lis the means which God has given thcni, if wp 
will only move forward to the work before us like true men. 

"In eonelnsion, I wish to snbmit for yonr eonsideration a plan of 
just such a University as is contemplated above. I do not claim that it 
is perfect, but it is the embodiment of much thonorht on the snbjoot ; 
nor do 1 claim that it is all practicable now; but let us have before us a 
complete scheme, and let us work to it by detail. J think it practicable 
to open by next fall several of the proposed Colleges of this scheme. I 
therefore recommend it for your adoption, with such modifications as 
may be found necessary, and I herewith submit it. asking for a commit- 
tee of conference for its perfection." 

The committee of Conference was at once appointed, with Mr. Kow- 
man as Chairman, and. in accordance with these liberal and coini)rchen- 
sive views of a great University, and after a careful examination of tlie 
best Institutions of the country, they submitted a Plan of Organization 
and Code of General Statutes, which, in some of the details of Govern- 
ment and study, are peculiar to this Institution, and which, after a 
thorough discussion by the Board of Curators, was unanimously adopted 
as tlie permanent Scheme of the University. 

ITnder this regime it now enteis upon its career of usefulness with 
greatly increased facilities, and with the assurance that its Founder, 
now the Regent of the University, will labor on for the lull develop- 
ment and perfection of his ultimate plans. It is con tidently believed, 
that, with its superior advantages of location, with its splendid basis in 
the way of Endowment and IJeal Estate, and with its moral and social 
surroundings, it is destined to exert a mighty intluence upon the edu- 
cational interests of the great Mississippi Valley. 



THE a]s^:n^ijal repokt 



TREIlSyREROFKENTUCnUNIIIERSin, 

FOR THE YEAR ENDINQ JUNE 1st, 1871. 



C'lRATORS OF KK^TlC'IiY if.lflVKRSITV : 

Okntlemen: 

I bog leave to present to you a detailed 

statement of the receipts of the Treasury from all sources, and the dis- 
bursement of the same, with accompanyino' vouchers for each item of 
expenditure during the past fiscal year. Tliis account embraces the 
amounts received and paid out for salaries of the officei'S and instruc- 
tors, the general expenses of five distinct Colleges, for the last payment 
on Ashland, for the erection of buildings, for the purchase of stock and 
material for the AEechanical Department, for expenditures on the farm, 
including the purchase of stock for the establishment of the Dairy De- 
partment, expenses for the Horticultural Department, for the labor of 
students, and for the general repairs and improvements on the grounds 
and buildings. The books, and accounts and vouchers have been ex- 
amined, item by item, hy the Executive Committee, and approved, as 
shown by their certificate hereunto appended. 

For the information of the Eoard and Donors, I will also present a 
detailed history of the various funds of the Universitjs substantially 
the same as reported to you, and published two years ago. These funds 
have been created either by stock subscriptions, raised from individuals, 
or by consolidation with the funds of Bacon College. Transylvania 
University, and the State Agricultural and Mechanical College, the 
most of which have been gathered together by my personal eflorts, in 
the last fifteen years. 

THE ENDOWMENT FUND. 

In the year 1855, I voluntarily dedicated my life to the establishment 
of a University in Kentucky. Bacon College, my alma mater, had been 
established in the year 1836 by leading membei's of the Christian Church, 
but after a series of successes and reverses for a number of years, I 
found it a wreck, with only nine thousand five hundred dollars, noiuinal 
value, of Bank and Turnpike road stocks as Endowment. With this 
amount as a nucleus, I began my work, and in a few years increased it 
to the sum of $203,200 of subscriptions ; add to this the fund derived 
from Transylvania University, $65,500, and the State Agricultural and 
Mechanical College fund of $165,000, and we have the aggregate amout 
of $433,700 ; deduct from this sum amount of subscriptions unpaid, and 
part of it due, $39,710 56, and the amount which has been refunded to 



1P> 

citizens of Mercer roiinty, $12,7:).") 01, and we liavc the present available 
Endowniont Fund anionntin.n- to $:$S1.2.">;{ ."i;!. Tlic interest npon tliis 
anionnt, averaj^lnj; about seven per centum, togctlici- wilii the Ices of 
tlie students, constitute the General Exi)ense Fund lor all the dcpart- 
nients except the Law Colleg-e and ("oninicrcial College, which are sus- 
tained by the fees of the same. 

THE AGRICULTURAL Al^D MECHANICAL COLLEGE 

FUND. 

This fund, accrued from the sale of three hundred and thirty thou- 
sand acres of land scrip, donated l)y the (,;on«>'ress of the ITuitcd States 
to Kentucky for the establishment of thi.s (Jollej^c. At the time wc 
accepted it, at the hands of the Les^islaturc, as one of Jhe Colleges of 
Kentucky University, and agreed to i-aise $10(),()OO for the purchase of 
grounds and erection of buildings for its use, and to carry out all the 
conditions of the Act of Congress, the scrip was worth one dollar per 
acre in the market, and the Income arising from the fund would have 
been about $20,()()0 per annum. The authorities of the State, however, 
who had the entire control and disposition of the scrip, witheld it from 
the market until the ])rice depreciated one hall^ when they sold it, 
realizing only $105,000 dollars for it, which yields only $!).iK)0 per 
annum income for the support of this College. Notwithstanding this, 
we were held to our part of the contract, are still obliged to educates 
three hundred young men for the State, and to make the Institution a 
success in every respect. This we are endeavoring to do in good failh. 

REAL ESTATE xVND BUILDING FUND. 

This is a fund which I secured for the purchase of the Estate and 
the erection of Ijuildings for the Agricultural and Mechanical College, 
in accordance with the Act of the Legislature, as well as for the use of 
the other Colleges of the Univcrsitj'. The fund consists in subscriji- 
tions made by liberal-hearted citizens of Fayette, of all pai-ties, who 
gave me in about sixty days over $100,0(^1 for that purpose; sixty-five 
persons giving me $1,000 each, and about ninety persons giving $.")00 
each. I have since increased the amount to the sum of $207,012 IG. 

Upon the basis of these subscriptions, I purchased the Ashland and 
Woodland estates. I have paid lor "Woodland"' the entire cost, prin- 
cipal and interest, amounting to $41,650 91. und have perfected the title 
for the same to the Curators of the University. I have also (;ompleted 
the payments on Ashland, principal and interest, amounting to $101,- 
808 04, and the deed for the same has been made to the University in 
the name of the generous donors who subscribed to tliis fund. In ad- 
dition to this, upwards of 130.000 has been expended for the erection of 
buildings and other improvements on the Estate. 

THE LIBRARY AND APPARATUS FUND. 

This fund consists In subscriptions to the amount of $7.00.5. which I 
have raised from time to time for the purpose of the Library, Appa- 
ratus and Museums. The larger portion of this fund was collected and 



14 



appropriated some years ago for the purchase of the valuable Clieniical 
and Philosophical Apparatus of P. S. Fall, the most of which, how- 
ever, was unfortunately destroyed by the fire which consumed the 
College building at Harrodsburg in the year 1861. There is a small 
balance of this fund in the Treasury, and a few subscriptions j^et out- 
standing, which may be collected. 

There is also a small annual income arising fi'om the tax on auction 
sales in the city of Lexington, which is set apart by law for the benefit 
of the Law Library. Tliis money has never come into my hands, but 
has been collected by one of the Professors of the Law College and ap- 
propriated for the increase of that Library. 

In addition to this, I have placed $3,000 of the amount secifred from 
Congress to this fund, for the purchase of ftppafatus. &c. 



To these various funds, there have been over eight hundred individual 
donors, who have given from $100 to $25,000 each. About one hun- 
dred and forty-flvc of these have given $l»noo and upAvard each, aiul 
two hundred and seventy*seven have given $500 each. 

]!n raising all these subscriptions to the various funds, it was 
(lisfincUii understood and agreed to, that in giving mg time and 
services gratuitousJg to this life work, I was to be left free and 
untramrneled in ing jjlan of operations, that I would work when 
and xoherever I pleased, take the subscriptions upon terms and 
conditions mutuallg satisf actor g to the donors and myself; and 
whatever sums might be realized from the same would be turned 
over to the Curators, and if acceptted bg them, subject to these 
conditions, and to the will of the donors. 

The above statement shows the history and condition of tlie perma- 
nent funds of the University, which have been kept separate and dis- 
tinct since their creation in a regular set of books, which, bj- the pro- 
visions of the Charter, have been examined and approved annually by 
the Executive Committee, and which have always been open to their 
inspection and that of the donors. A detailed tabular statement of these 
funds is hereto appended. 

It will be seen from this statement, tliat in the last fifteen years, by 
gathering up the Avrecks of Bacon College and Transylvania Univer- 
sity, and accepting the Agricultural College, and by the toilsome em- 
ployment of begging from persons all over the country, I liave accu- 
mulated about $650,000 worth of stocks and notes, which, with the real 
estate, libraries, apparatus, etc., make the aggregate assets of the 
University, at a fair estimate, worth $800,000. The work ot raising, col- 
lecting, and disbursing these funds, and the interest accruing thereon, 
and running the whole financial machinery of the Institution during 
all the dark and troublesome times of the last ten years, has not cost tlie 
Board one dollar, except for a few attorney's fees and postage stamps. 
No Salary ok Traveling Expekses has been paid me fob this work 
—nor has the Board, in all that time, been asked to give a bond or bor- 



15 



row 11 dollar to support the credit of the Treasurer, while he has been 
sti-ugfjlinfi; to meet all the obli^iatioiis of the Institution which have been 
l^ressing so iieavily njion him. 

I take i)leasure in statin;^ also, that while n)any (Joilej^es and other 
Institutions in the country have lost heavily from insolvencies and other 
causes durinj^ tlic f^reat convulsions of the last few years, not $5(X», of 
tliese sacred funds which have ever come into my hands have been lost 
by bankruptcy, but that the wijole of it can be turned over at any 
time in good solvent stocks and securities. The income arising from 
the vested funds has been faithfully applied in meeting the general ex- 
jieiises of the Institution. 

It is confidently believed tliat by comi)arison with the expenses of 
other institutions; having the same number of Colleges, Professors, 
Instructors and Students, to saj^ nothing of the exi)enses of the farm 
and shops, that the liiuincial economy of this Institution has been rigid, 
if not unparalled; yet it has been demanded in strict regard to its 
credit and reputation. 

During the i)ast winter, after a long and persistent etfort, I succeeded 
in securing the sum of $25,000, from the United States Government, for 
the rents and damages to the Medical College and Transylvania prop- 
erty during the war. 

The amount received, I entered up to the account of tlie Real Estate 
and Building Fund and Apparatus Fund, subject to the approval of 
the Board. 

As to the disposition of the money, a portion of which was tempo- 
rarily used in completing the last payment on Ashland, which fell due 
before the subscriptions for that purpose matured. I would recommend 
that it be applied to the erection of a good building at Woodland, in 
order to meet tlie wants of the various departments of the Universitj', 
and with a view to tlie inauguration of the Medical College at an earl}' 
day. 

With this exhibit of the entire assets of the Institution, embracing 
its Endowment Fund, sacredly secured, and its magnificent Keal Estate, 
all paid for. unincumbered, and turned over to you, and amounting in 
the aggregate to at least .$800,000. without a single obligation ever 
having been contracted on your i)art. I feel that I have more than re- 
deemed all promises made in the years gone by. Mlien my plans were 
regarded as the visionary dreams of a young man and when one hun- 
dred dollars were regarded in Kentucky as a large contribution to any 
benevolent enterprise. I feel tiiat I could now retire with an approving 
conscience from a work, whlcli has been laborious and uni)leasant. be- 
vond the conceptions of any living man, a work which I have had to 
do. amid the social, political, and religious conflicts of the passing- 
years. But I feel that with the great burden lifted off my hands ane\ 
heart, in securing the foundation now laid for this great enterprise, 
that the work is fairly begun, and a new departure is now to be made 
in securing additional funds for Endowment and for the erection of all 
the buildings so necessary to concentrate all the associated Colleges 
upon our beautiful Estate. If, therefore, I am allowed to work on in 



16 



the future ;is iu the past, upon my own plans, amd with the same 
GKEAT puRi'OSE IN VIEW, I uui willing to rciicw my eltbrts, and to 
concentrate for one or two decades more, under the guiding hand of 
Providence, an humble, gratuitous life to this work. 

'\Vith the Blessing of God who has been so kind to us in the past, and 
with your cordial co-operation, we will now move forward to a higher 
and grander work for hunuinity than yet dreamed of by us. 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 

J. B. BOWMAN, 
Treasurer Kentucky University, 



REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 

Tlip uiidei'biffned, in aucordaiicu with their prescribed duty as the Auditiiip; Com- 
mittee of the Board of Curators, have carefully examined the Books and Accounts of 
the Treasurer of Keiituclvy University, item by item, and find the disbursements for the 
liscal year correct, and sustained by the f)roper vouchers. 

]5EN,T. (iRATZ, ] 

JOSEPH HUiTH, f Executive 

JOSEPH WASSON, f Committee. 

Ju.NE, 0th, 1S71. JOSEPH AVOOLFOLK, ) 



A8SET8 OE KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 

187 1.. 

June 17. — Available Endowment Fund .$381,253 63 

Collection of Notes due 20,000 00 

Transylvania Property 100,000 00 

Asliland and Woodland, with New Buildings 250,000 00 

Libraries, Apraratus and Museums 25,000 00 

Live Siock, oii College Farm 5,000 00 

Crops 6,000 00 

Farm liii[(leiuents 1,000 00 

Machinery iu shops of Mechanical Dei)artment 7,000 00 

Stock and Material on hand 8,000 00 



$802,253 53 



ENDOWMENT FUND. 

1871. 

June 1.— To Bacon Calloge Fund $ 9,501) 00 

" Kentucky I'nirersity Subscription and Do- 
nations 191,600 00 

" Transylvania Fund 05,500 00 

" AaricuUural and Mechanical Colleg-e Fund 

' ( Land Scrip) 105,000 00 

" Surplus Dividend on Bank Stnck., 2,100 00 

By Agricultural and Mechanical College Fund, 

State Bonds $ 105,000 00 

" Livestment in Stock 107,680 06 

" " " Notes 48,560 87 

" Amount i-efunded to Mercer County 12,735 91 

" Subicri ptions uncollected " 39,710 56 



.$433,700 00 $433,700 00 

1871. 

June 1.— To Total Eudov.uieut Fund collected $393,989 44 

By Amount refunded to Mercer County 12,735 91 

Balance available Endowment $381,253 53 



17 



1871. 



KKAI. ESTATE AND Bl^lLDING FUND. 

$1K5,012 16 



.lune 1.- T(i Total Subscriptions 

Bv amount of Subscription.^ collected 

'' uncollected 



June I.- Amount receiTcd from United States for dannifres 
to Medical Hall and Transylvania University 
MECHANICAL DEF'ARTMENT FUND. 
June 1.— Subscription of G. W. N. Yost for Mechanical 
Department 

PRIZE FUND. 
June 1. — E. D. Savre, PJsq:, Coupons 
F. K. Hiint, Esq., 
Col. J. C. Stone, " 

APPARATUS FUND. 

June 1. — To Total Subscriptions 

'• United States for damages to .Vluseum, part of 
the $25,000 . 



$130,749 52 
54,262 64 

$185,012 16 $185,012 16 

$22,000 00 

$25,001) 00 

$1,000 00 
1 ,000,00 
1,000 00 

$7,965 00 
3,000 00 



$10,165 00 



TABULAR VIEW OF INVESTMENTS. 



STOCKS, BONDS AND NOTES. 


f? 

is. 


Cost. 


Total amount 
of Stock. 


BANK STOCKS: 




. ._ 


Northern Bank of Kentucky 
Farmers Bunk of Kentucky 
Commercial Bank of Kentucky 
Bank of Kentucky 


16 

50 

400 

110 


1,600 00 

5,000 00 

4 ,574 00 

10,826 00 


$1,600 00 

5,000 00 

40,000 00 

11,000 00 


UNITED STATES BONDS: 








United States 10-40 Bonds 


10 


10,000 00 


10,000 00 


TURNPIKE ROAD STOCK: 








Diiniile and Louisville Boad Stock ' 
Danville and Nicholasville Road Stock 


30 

8 


1,500 00 
800 00 


1,500 00 

aoo 00 


RAILROAD BONDS: 








Lexington and Frankfort Railroad Bonds 
Louisville and Frankfort Railroad Bonds 
Covington and Lexington Railroad Bonds 
Lon. Lex. and Cincinnati Br. Railroad Bonds 


25 

7 

8 

46 


25,000 00 
7,000 00 
8,000 00 

39,886 06 


25,000 00 
7,000 00 
8,000 00 

46,000 00 


LEXINGTON CITY BONDS 


16>^ 


16,500 00 


16,500 00 


KENTUCKY STATE BONDS, .*^-* ^'^^"i''- 
' / lege I'und, ) 

NOTES 


165 


165,000 00 
48,566 87 


165,000 00 
48,566 87 

$381,263 53 



1 


LIST OF 


DONORS 




ENDOWMENT FUND. 




John B. Bowman 


$1000.00 


John Burton 


. . . 100.00 


A. H. Bowman 


1000.00 


W.Yates 


. . . 100.00 


D. M. Bowman 


1000.00 


C. S. Abell 


. . 100.00 


James Taylor 


1000.00 


John A. Thompson . 


. . . 100.00 


D. W. Thompson 


1000.00 


R. C. Patterson .... 


100.00 


Bhil. B. Thompson 


1000.00 


J. W. Cardwell 


. . 100.00 


Wm. Thompson 


1000.00 


J. A. Curry 


. . 100.00 


John G. Handy 


1000.00 


Woods & Smith 


. . 100.00 


A. G. Vivion 


500.00 


W. T. Curry 


. . . 100.00 


Madison Harris (colored ) 


.500.00 


Dan. J. Curry 


100.00 


John A. Tomlinson 


500.00 


J. T. Woods 


. . . 100.00 


A. G. Kyle 


.500.00 


M. T. Garnett 


. . . 100.00 


James D. Hardin 


500.00 


George T. Allen ... . 


. . . 100.00 


Wm. A. Hooe 


.500.00 


Johnson Hatch 


. . . 100.00 


Thos. Allen 


500.00 


John Bull 


. 100.00 


Beriah Majfoffin 


500.00 


N. D. Woods 


. . . 100.00 


Henrietta R. Cooke ., 


400.00 


W. Robinson 


. . 100.00 


Jinkie Taylor 


400.00 


Courtney Cochran «&Co.. 150.00 | | 


B. F. Patterson 


250.00 


R. \V. Lovvry 


. . 100.00 


J. D. Smith & Co 


300.00 


C. C. Smedle}' 


. . . 100.00 


Louisa Keller 


200.00 


F. W. Currv 


. . 100.00 


Charles Thompson . . 


.500.00 


J. G. Lipscomb 


. . 250.00 


William H. Smith . . . 


250.00 


Philip Neglev 


. . 1.50.00 


M. B. Pulliam 


250.00 


W. B. Vivion 


. . 2.50.00 


Herod Gore 


250.00 


E. Minerva Bradshavv 


1.50.00 


C. L. Jones 


500.00 


John Bradshaw 


. 100.00 


William Hutchison . . . 


250.00 


Elizabeth Daviess — 


150.00 


Joseph Nooe 


250.00 


Geoige Shackelford 


. . 150.00 


James Vanarsdale 


200.00 


J. W. W. Smith . 


. . 100.00 


S. McBraver 


300.00 


Amos Yantis 


. . 1.50.00 


Samuel Wing'field 


200.00 


Arthur Passmore . . 


. . 100.00 


Daniel Stagjf 


250.00 


Tilford Lamme 


. . . 100.00 


William M. Tomlinson.. 


250.00 


M. D. Hall 


. . 100.00 


John L. Smedlej' 


500.00 


Peter Vandivier . . . 


. . 100.00 


Nat Lat'on 

J. A. Bnford 


500.00 
200.00 


J. H. Edlen 


. . . 100.00 


T. J. Moore 


. . 100.00 


.). M. Jones 

J. W. Yates 


300.00 
250.00 


N. Keas 


. . . 100.00 


P. C. Depauw 


. . . 100.00 


J. P. Williams 


150.00 


Milton Lamme 


. . 300.00 


M. M. Williams 


150.00 


Joseph H. Withers . 


. . . 100.00 


John J. McGee 


200.00 


E. Hutchison 


. . 500.00 


B. Mills 


300.00 
250.00 


A. Smith 


. . . 500.00 


Benj. Trapnall 


W. Trimble 


. 100.00 


S. M. Lewis 


200.00 


A. M. Vanarsdale . 


250.00 


J. M. McCann 


.500.00 


H. McFatridge 


. . . 100.00 


W. B. Crawford 


200.00 


R. Forsythe . . 


. . . 200.00 


G. VV. Tompkins 

Robinson & Rlker 


200.00 


C. H. Spillman 


. . 200.00 


300.00 


J. C. McAfee 


. . . 250.00 


Marv A . Williams 


500.00 


W. A. Cooke . . 


. . 500.00 


R. M. Davis 


200.00 


James E. Thompson . 


. . . 250.00 


Margaret Silcox 


100.00 


W. H. Sellers 


. . . 200.00 


W. B. Edelen 


100.00 


Temble Burgin 


. . . 200.00 


Samuel Daviess 


100.00 


Christopher Chinn . . 


. . 250.00 


Benjamin B. Campbell . . 


1.50.00 


J. M. Lillard 


. . 100.00 


James M. Forsythe 


100.00 


Elijah Gabhert . 


. . 100.00 


James H. Moore 


100.00 


H. VV. Hieronymous 


. . . 250.00 


1 



19 



Samuel Miller 150.00 

Jacob Funk 250.(K) 

Buckner Millor 100.00 

Susan H. Allen 200.00 

Samuel H. Porter . . 100.00 

S. Stone 100.00 

Elisha Williams lOO.(K) 

H. F. James 100.00 

J. D. Marimon & Son . . . 100.00 

William Payne 100.00 

Thos. M. Burford . . 200.00 

G. D. Runyon 350.00 

W. I. Moberly 200.00 

W. R. Evans 150.00 

J. W. Powell 150.00 

P. B. Mason 1000.00 

C. T. Worthinjjton 1(K)0.00 

A. G. Talbott 1000.00 

James Harlan 1000.00 

Daniel W. Jones 1000.00 

Ann PI Gill KKKt.OO 

John J. Mock 2.50.00 

A. H. Sneed 500.00 

R. P. Grejjorv 500.00 

Georjre C. Spoar^ 500.00 

Christopher Floyd 250.00 

Samuel Ayres 250.00 

Alfred Cohen 250.00 

Joseph Smith 250.00 

John McLane 2.50.00 

James Burnett 200.00 

R. W. Dunlap 150.00 

II. Hamilton 100.00 

J. R. Kussell 100.00 

(iarrett Sudduth 100.00 

Robert C. Morrison 250.00 

James H. Garrard 2.50.00 

Francis P. Jackson 100.00 

W. B. Harlan 100.00 

Jacob Harlan 100.00 

C. A. McGrath 1.50.00 

Ephraim A. Smith 100.00 

Thomas H. Lillard 300.00 

Mary Lillard 100.00 

J. L. Bailey 150.00 

James J. Philips 100.00 

J. A. Lewis 100.00 

J. A. Burton 100.00 

D. C. Gregory 100.00 

James G. Cecil 250.00 

R. R. Boiling .. 100.00 

P. M. Talbot 100.00 

T. W. Jackson 2S0.00 

B. W. Gaines 200.00 

J. D. Byers 100.00 

C. F. Gaines 150.00 

R. H. Robbins 250.00 

F. Nichols 150.00 

Moses Parks 100.00 

James Burditt 150.00 

James Graves 100.00 

Fielding Kenley 1000.00 



Geo. W. Givens 600,(K) 

James Crow 500.00 

M. Speed Peyton 150.00 

R. E. Carter 100.00 

Marquis Helm 200.00 

N. G. Tevis 500.00 

Geo. Carpenter 500.00 

Hugh L. Carpenter 1000.00 

Green T. Jones .500.(X) 

Amanda Bayley 100.00 

James Bentley 1000.00 

J. M. Hockef .500.00 

W. L. Williams 2.50.0<l 

D. R. Caldwell 250.00 

A. A. Campbell 500.00 

J. F. Gentry 100.00 

G. C. Riffe 200.00 

J. F. Russell 1.50.00 

W. Bailey 150.00 

F. S. Kaufman 150.00 

Ellis Brown 250.00 

M. A. Hocker 250.00 

.M. N. Depauw . 100.00 

Peter Depauw ... 150.00 

Jeremiah Harlan 150.00 

Lorenzo D. Good*- 1000.00 

Thales Wright 150.00 

S. Helm / 100.00 

D. J. Alcorn l.iO.OO 

T. Welsh 100.00 

Willis Helm 150.00 

Scyphenia Helm. 100.00 

W. H. Hocker 1.50.00 

Lucinda Tribble 250.00 

Elizabeth Bright 500.00 

James Givens 250.00 

M. J. Givens 100.00 

J. L Rice 500.00 

William Jackman .500.00 

Henry Mj'ers .500.00 

J. S. Murphv 100.00 

Roy Stewart 100.00 

Mrs. E. J. Varnon 2.50.00 

Robert Elkin 150.00 

W. Smith . 150.00 

Dennis Nichols 150.00 

Samuel Dudderar 300.00 

Walter McPherson 150.00 

Sarah Cook 150.00 

J. V. Cook 100.00 

.Tames Cook 100.00 

Jesse F. Cook 100.00 

J. M. Welch 100.00 

W. M. Garnett 150.00 

Mrs. Mary Middleton .... 100.00 

S. W. Givens 500.00 

W. G. Mullins 2.50.00 

\. G. Herndon 500.00 

Jacob Robinson 500.00 

William Bruce 500.00 

Maria Tillett 250.00 

Mary Sraiih 150.00 





" 


: ! ■ 2b 


' 


William Pettus . . 


. 250.00 


Han nail Menzies . . 


150.00 




Martha Simpson 


150.00 


D. M. Ball 


150.00 




i Jfsse Embry 


. 500.00 


James P. Ford 


150.00 




Walter Ad:ims 


100.00 


TlK*. P. Grady 


150.00 




Henry Ware 


. 100.00 


B. W. Twymaii . 


150.00 




James H. West 


. 100.00 


Younger Berry 


150.00 




Mrs. W. E. Walker. 


. 300.00 


J. M. Nuckols . . 


150.00 




John Myers . .2 


200.00 


L. A. Berry 


150.00 




Isaac S. Phillips 


. 150.00 


Margarett Parisli 


150.00 




Mrs. X. E. Dunlap . 


. 250.00 


R. C. Rieketts 


150.00 




James A. Beazley 


. 200.00 


F. W. Taylor 


150.00 




W. B. Middletou 


. 300.00 


John T. Gay 


150.00 




F. Adams. . . 


300.00 


J. M. Graves 


200.00 




James Richardson 


150.00 


Richard D. Shipp 


100.00 




George F. Burdett 

Beriah M. Jones . 


. 150.00 
. 500.00 


S. D. Elmore 


100.00 
100.00 




Mrs. J. A. Elmore 




G. McDonald 


. 200.00 


Mary Robeitson 


100.00 




W. B. Robinson 


. 250.00 


Isaac Williams 


100.00 




John B. Jennings, Sen 


200.00 


John Dawson 


100.00 




Allen Burnsides 


. 150.00 


Hiram Wilhoit 


300.00 




John T. Leavell 


. 150.00 


Absalom Ford 


250.00 




Hall Anderson . 


. 150.00 


James H. Shouse 


1000.00 




Thos. B. Jennings ...,,. 


. 150.00 


R. Crutcher 


200.00 




Uriah Dunn . . 


. 100.00 


Samuel Pepper 


200.00 




George Moore . . . 


. 500.00 


George Rogers 


200.00 




C. R. Kstill 


. . 1000.00 


Wm. McDonald 


250.00 




Richard J. White . 


1000.00 


Wm. Derraugh 


1100.00 




John A. Duncan 


. 1000.00 


A. S. Hibler 


. 250.00 




J C. Stone 


. 1000.00 


R. M. Parish 


250.00 




William Chenault . . . . 


. 1000.00 


Anna Stone 


. 250.00 




Tarlton Embrv 


. . 250.00 


E. H. Arnett 


250.00 




Zac Crews 


150.00 


Wm. Shouse 


. 250.00 




Benj. Howard 


. 100.00 


Edward Stone 


250.00 




Thos. Richardson 


. 100.00 


Robert Dedman 


250.00 




M. Glasscock 


. 150.00 


Byrd P. Smith 


250.00 




E. W. Graves 


150.00 


Nannie Stanhope 


300.00 




Thos. D. Green 


. . 150.00 


Andrew Steele 


300.00 




John Stone, Sen 


150.00 


Dr. S. H. Chew 


. 300.00 




Haden Edwards 


. . 700.00 
. 100.00 


John Steele 

B. W. Wasson 


. 300.00 
300.00 




Chas. B. May 




Hugh Berkley .. 


. . 100.00 


Elizabeth Price 


100.00 




John D. Lewis 


. . 100.00 


Mary Keen 


500.00 




John X. Stone 


100.00 


Thompson B. Fields 


500.00 




James Porter 


. . 100.00 


Joseph &A.B. Bowman 
Abram Bowman 


500.00 
500.00 




Wm. Morton 


. 500.00 




R. C. Graves 


. 500.00 


James W. Sullivan 


500.00 




John H. Woolfolk . . . 


. 500.00 


Henry C. Bowman 


500.00 




Joseph S. Woolfolk 


. . 500.00 


Edward Allen 


500.00 




Lewis B. Crutcher . 


500.00 


J. G. James 


. 500.00 




Mrs. E. N. Crutcher . 
A. N. Dale . 


500.00 


S. B. Woolfolk 


. 500.00 




. .500.00 


Mrs. Marv Lafon 


1000.00 




Mrs. Susan Barrow 


500.00 


George H. Bowman 


1000.00 




Mrs. Sallie Meade . . 


. 500.00 


William Bryan 


1000.00 




B. C. Sneflliker 


500.00 


John Parker 


. 1000.00 




Wm. L.Grady 


. 500.00 


W. G. Moore 


1000.00 




J. W. Parrish 


. . 500.00 


Henry Foster 


1000.00 




James S. Fall 


. . 500.00 


Joseph Bryan 


. 1000.00 




W. F. Patterson ... . 


. . 500.00 


W. W. McKinney 


. 1000.00 




Lewis T. Pavne 


. . 500.00 


R. T. Latham 


. 250.00 




James M. Starks 


. 500.00 


Elizabeth Frazer 


. 250.00 




Tt S Gray 


. . 300.00 


Milo Gist 


. 250.00 




Susan A. Bailey 


. . 150.00 










J 



1 , 


■ ■ 




21 






IJobert A. H.-iyos. 
\V. W. Kduo 


. 250.00 
. 250.00 i 


W. P. Rose 


100.00 




S. C. Brewer 


.")().(K» 




H. H. 1 Mimics 

Jolni (iist 


. 250.00 
.500.00 


R. S. DiiJin ■ . 


1000.00 




D. B. Owslev 


1000.00 




E. ('. r.rvaii 


500.00 


George Poiiuiexter. . 


. . 2.50.00 




.I()hn<^. Allen 


.500.00 


Isa.ac H. Caldwell .. 


. . .500.(M) 




.Tosf ))li \\ iisso.'i 


.500.00 


C. L. Bradshaw . . 


.VKl.OO 




Jl. 1'. Hilrhcock 


. .500.00 


John Bowman 


. ](K)0.(M) 




Polly Allen 


.500.00 


John W. Barker 


1000.00 




Tlioniiis Brynn 


.500.00 


C. X. Me rri wether. . 


. 1(W)0.00 




V. (". Moore . . 


500.00 


M. C. Scbree 


1000.00 




(.Charles V*' . Inues 


500.00 


Mrs. E. J. Pettus 


. KHMI.OO 




; 1?. 11. Iv.w.^ 


.")4K).0O 


J. P. Billinifslev 


. . 150.00 




Daniel Brvaii 


.500.00 


C. M. Dav 


. . . .".00.00 




Sanmel T. Have.s 


500.00 


Joseph 11. Perkins . 


. . . .500.(M» 




Xeal MeCann 


. .500.00 


John A. Bailev .... 


5(M).0O 




,). K. ( hapline 


. .500.00 


Moses Shobe , 


.. 125.(10 




.Varon Farra 


.500.00 


Absalom Sliobe . . 


125.00 




B. F. Farra 


.500.00 


Cyi'iis Shobe 


. . 125.00 




Lucy H. Dupuv 


1000.00 


.1. T. Carpciiter . . 


l-!5.0() 




John ('"ird 


l():»o.(»o 


HntS(Hi Tate . . 


. . Ii5.i/t 




i Jauies (i. Kiunaini 


250.00 


George M. Pro(^ter. 


.. 12.5.(K.) 




K. D. Elunt 

Pollv Ellis 


250.00 
. 2.50.00 


X. I.. Procter 


125.00 




John Rog<'rs 


500 00 


■. 


(iooro;e B. Harris^on 


. 2r-o.oo 


Julia Ann Adair . . 


. . 150.(!l) 




(Teori'e ^\ . Elley 


]O0.(Mt 


B. AV. Jamieson 


500 (^> 




J. G. Chinu 


loiy.oo 


Waller Small 


500.00 j 




J. B. Morton 


100.00 


S. B. Povntz 


. . 5(M).00 




D. W. Standeford 


KHI.OO 


<ieorge T. Wood . . 


. . .5(Xt.O0 




D. AN^'irner 


100.00 


William < '. Holton . 


. 2.50.00 




B. W. ("ouchnian 


1(M).00 


Charles Osborne 


.500.00 




William Van Pelt . . 


100.00 


Lydia Smoot 


.500.00 




M. E. Browning 


100.00 


Marv GUI . 


."00.00 




W. B. Einniall 


100.00 


W. T. Sallee. .. 


2."0.00 




Sarah I.. Enssell 


100.00 


Anderson Fra/ee, . . 


5(!:i.o;) 




Margaret Kenney 


1.50.00 


Simeon H. ^Valton . . 


. 5(K).0U 




t -Tames Patrick 


1.50.00 


George Hiunlong 


500.00 




' Jacob Sidenei' 


. 1.50.00 


Samuel Frazee ... 


. .5()0.00 




(Jatharlne Prewitt 


1.50.(M) 


A. J. Whipps 


. 2.50.00 




John A. Oano . 


.500.00 


John A. Walton . 


.500.(K) 




Wm. ('. (4ano 


.500.00 


A. H. Wall 


. .500.(H) 




John Hill 


l(H)0.(Kt 


Abner Hord 


500.00 




Rachel (i rimes 


. 1000.00 


Henry Smoot . 


12.5.(M) 




John 1. Rogers 


, 1000.00 


M. Worth ington 


. . 125.00 




James Siiddnth 


200.00 


.loseph Frazee, Si* 


' 250.(K) 




R. M. (iano 


. 250.(M) 


Samuel X^. Whisner 
M. Harmon 
Samuel F. Pollock 


. 250.(K) 
125.00 
125.00 




Alex. Car rick 


2.50.1H» 




W. AV. Campbell 


. 100.00 




J. T. Ware 


. 100.00 


Wm. S. Harrod 


. . . 2.50.00 




Mrs. I^ncv Garvin . . . . 


lOO.(M) 


Miles AVilson 


125.(K) 




John McRoberts 


100.00 


Samuel Worthington. 
Jolm H. ^V^alton . 


. 12.5.00 

. 250.00 




J. H. Hickman 


. 100.00 




Landon A. Thomas . 


. 2.50.(X» 


Robert P. Dimmitt . 


125.00 




Kelan C. Gaines 


lOO.(X) 


Joseph T. Frazee ... 
J. E. Frencli 


. 250.00 




A. Adams 


lOO.W) 


125.00 




P. S. Fall 


. . ,500.00 


James S. Pepper ... 
John Shackleford ... 


. 250.00 




Jordan Scott 


. ;500.00 


. . . . 250.00 




Klebor Price , 


. . 800.00 


Joseph Frank 


. . . 125.00 




Geo. B. Bryau 


2.50.00 


David Clark 


. . 2.50.00 




John G. Simms 


. 200.00 


Jas. H. Black 


12.5.00 




Jacob Embrj' 


. . 100.00 


W. W. BaldAvin 


12.5.(M» 




Elisha Isaacs 


. . 1(X).00 


Elizabeth Chiles 


. . 125.00 




M. P. Drye 


. 150.00 


Robert Perriue 


12.5.00 




4 






. 





G. W. Bennet 125.(K) 

J. M. Thomas 125.00 

T. C. Xewoomb 125.00 

H. C. Tabb 250.00 

J. W. Osborne. Jr 125.00 

Johnson Peck 125.00 

John W. Watson 125.00 

Aarou Mitchell 2.50.00 

W. T. Lindsay 125.00 

Abrani Cook 1 25.00 

John A. Brooks 125.00 

E. Logan 200.00 

Janios Kidwell 125.fX1 

R. P. Samiiel 125.00 

S. E. Armstrong 125.00 

0. A. Kendall 125.00 

Asa Beaver 125.()0 

W. H. Darnall 500.00 

1. W.Gunther .. 2-50.00 

W. S. Kogers 500.00 

Samuel Clay, Jr 500.00 

H. G. Sowslev 500.00 

Geo. D. Sows! ey 5<.Xi.0O 



J. H. Wells , ,. KXtO.OO 

Geo. V. Morris. 500.00 

E.S. Fitch .500.00 

W. S. Howe ... 500.00 

J. C. Sowslev .500.00 

W. S. Fant *, * 500.00 

E. S. Porter 2.50.00 

S. W. Howe 2.50.00 

I John T. Wall 150.00 

! James Threlkeld 250.00 

I Thos. Dougherty 125.00 

! Theodore Hart 125.00 

W. B. Mooklar KXlO.OO 

J. P. Torbett KXKXOO 

William Skene 1000.00 

Dan. Spaulding 1000.00 

I Wm. Kayo 500.00 

! J. D. Gxithrie ,5<X).00 

G. C. Castleman 1(M)0.00 

Z. F. Smith 500:00 

R. M. Bishop 50(M).00 

Dickerson, Price & Bishop 1000.00 
C. H. Gould 100.00 



Individual Subscriptions $176,600.00 

Bacon College Fund 9.500.(X) 

Special Donation 15,i;MX).00 

Surplus Dividend, (Comniercial Bank) 2.1W.00 

Traiisolvania University Fund 65,500.00 

State Agricultural College Fund 16,5.000.00 



f433,7Or).00 



LIST OF DO]S^ORS 



TO 



REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING FUND. 



J. G. Allen 2000.00 

Bassett & Emmal 1000.00 

D. S. Goodloe 10OO.(X"> 

F. K. Hunt 1000.00 

Jas. B, Beck ., 1000.00 

E. D. Say re . 1000.00 

Wm. Yanpelt. Jr 1000.00 

H. T. Duncan, Jr . 1000.00 

J. M. Elliott lOOO.CO 

Thomas Montague 1000.00 

E. Frary 1000.00 

J. II. ^Verts 1000.00 

F. ct F. Fitch 1000.00 

Bell & Hollingshead . 1000.00 

Berkley & Murphev . . 1000.00 

J. B. Wilgus " 1000.00 

R.. McMichael 1(X)0.00 

Thomas Bradlev . 1000.00 

Patterson & Eril 1000.0<:i 

Wiilard Davis 1000.00 



John T. Miller 1000.00 

Warner &Bro 1000.00 

J. G. Chinn .500.00 

D. T. & J. B. Morton 5(X).00 

Davis & Robinson 500.00 

M. P. Lancaster 500.00 

Wm. S. Simpson .500.00 

N. Cropper 500.00 

T. H. Irvine 1(XM).00 

W. S. McChcsney ' . lOOO.(M) 

A. N. Barnes 1000.00 

R. deRoode 1000.00 

Laudeman & Bro 10<X).00 

John Carty 1000.00 

D. Runvon & Co 1000.00 

R. H. Prewitt .500.00 

Speed S. Goodloe 500.00 

R. A. Gibney 500.00 

B. F. Thompson 500.00 

Silas Wolvertou- . . 500.00 



2n 



SchuJtze A: Efk'ulifim . . 1(»00.(MI 

Henrv Wolff >500.()f> 

R. I)." MalioiK! r.00.00 

Z. (Jibbons oGO.fKl 

J. 1). Trapp :>0(t.oo 

W. A. Liiidsev l(lO(t.(K) 

A. .1. Walrath l(RK».(x> 

Jani<-sS. T.aiic umM) 

C. H. FoiLshir r)0(l.(Wt 

Joseph lioeinjr ">00.()() 

Boardman & Gill oOO.tHI 

M. U. Thompson .■)<K>.(H) 

Thomas Xorris, Sen . ^(M).*^! 

R. ]]. Ilamiltoii oOO.W 

Miller ct Stoi.hens KKMI.imi 

J. V. IJobinsou Jr. 1()00.(K) 

L. JI. (iri<tsbv I()(M).UO 

Janies P. Ueadley :>(JO.<«t 

A. S. Talbert ' .")(»>.()() 

John n. raviie. Jr 1(KM».0<» 

John A. I'rloe KKKI.dii 

Jolin S. Wilson r>0(l.<K» 

Monla-iiie *.^c Aubrv r.0O.(K> 

Mihvard it Sou. . . .' 1()(K».(K) 

Wni. McCnu-kcn r)(HI.(K) 

H. iV: J. P. Shaw <.ic (w . . oOO.OO 

G. A. Bowyer rMM) 

E. Clark Jr ,7(M».(»(> 

J. W. C annon :)(K).(K» 

Wni. Laudsberti :)(M).()0 

D. F. Wolf. ..." l(KM).(l(i 

P. K. Pcnibcrton lOOO.OO 

8, S. Tlioinpson KHI0.O(» 

R. B. Duiiiihertv KHKl.o;) 

Sheltcn Ordhani" r)00.()0 

T. J. Harrison nOO.OO 

Tiios. M. Bell :)UO.<K» 

S. Schooninaker r>00.(X) 

P. E. Yeiser 500.(K> 

P. F. Ma^iiiire 500.(K) 

John K. Morton :)(X>.fM) 

N. P. Bcrr^- l(M)f).fK) 

Thos. Smith .J0O.(Hi 

W. W. Dowden r,CMI.(K» 

E. Siebreeht r.(K>.(IO 

R. J. Poore .lOO.Ofl 

J. G. Yellman l(K}(l.(Ml 

Wni. llartinfj ."iOU.OO 

J. J'.. Tillord .-)(»().0(t 

Rufu^ I-isle .5{)0.(Xl 

W. H. Newberv .")00.(X> 

H. A. Wessells 500.00 

J. Kastle. Jr oOO.OO 

Wesle\- Spenecr oOO.tKt 

D. Kiloble .-)0f».00 

Wm. Walker l(KX).rK) 

CarjuMiter <.t Mnllen 1000.00 

.Marshall lleadlcv 1000.00 

Jas. W. Sullivan'. . KtOO.OO 

H. M. Skillman r)(H».0O 

\V. P. Talbott r)00.00 

D.J J. El rod .T<J0.OO 



G. F. Ropers. . 

Mrs. H. A. March 

Joseph Frank (Trnstw 
S. Dri'jgs . 
M. Pnidcn . 

John OToole 

A. Pilkinjj^tOM 

F. Cronlv 

G. W. Ejly 

('. N'angiin 

M. Goid.smith 

J. Hollincainp 

h. Loveiihart 

Georjre Woolev 

Oliver Farra ." 

J. W. Lie 

I|am A. lleadlfv 

K. J. Yon no" 

C. A. Farra 

Jolui M. Viiey 

W.R. Kstill ' . 
J. (;. Haws ct C'O . 
Lane cV: (ioodloe 
Mrs. MtirthaReed ... 
E. II. J'arrish 

M. E. Browninji 

G. C Bryan . 

John Allen . 

John <'. "^'(lnllJ:■ 

51. nardestv . . 

J. W. (iilb.M-t 

John IJarker 

J. 11. Campbell . . 

G. I). Carr 

E. 1). Beaeli 

Caldwell Ganipliell . 
Geo. ^y. Uttinger. . 

E. M. Turner.. 

Thos. Woo* 

Hamilton iV: Gillmore 

JCrd tV; Sutton 

Wm. (.'ampbell 
Niehols ct. Johnson 

DeLong«?i; Bro 

C. JI. Duncan . 
.Tas. E. I.ogau. .... 
.J. W. Cochran. . . 

G. D. Wilgus 

Jas. 1\. Thompson 
Mrs. A. B. Martin. 
Geo. W. Gist . . 

Henry Bell 

S. B. Van Pelt 
C. T. llorndon . 
H. C. Graves. 
John F. Payne. 
Richard D."West 
J. R. Adams . 
C. A. Samuels. . 

C. L. Ford 

J^:. H. Parrish 

R. R. Estill 



500.00 
.")00.(!0 
5(X».00 
lOOO.tX) 
500.00 
500.00 
.-)00.00 
5(K).00 
,^00.00 
500.00 
500.(X) 

:)0n.0(» 

500.00 
lOfMI.Ott 
lOOO.CMt 
1000.00 
l(M)0.0O 

500.00 
1(«)0.(X) 
1(K)0.{I0 
KHKI.Od 
100O.(H» 
1000.00 
1000.00 

,-)fK».00 

.■".(;( 1. 00 

500.00 
500.00 
.")(«>.00 
5(K».(X) 
5(M».0O 
,500.00 
.•)(K).00 
500.00 
5(H).00 

IO(H».00 
500.00 
5t)0.00 
100.00 
500.00 
,500.00 
.500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 

1000.00 
500.(H') 

1000.00 
,-)00.(X> 
500.00 

10(X).00 

KKHl.OO 
250.00 
5(W).(H1 

1000.(XT 

1000.00 
,500.00 
.500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
,500.00 
500.00 



24 



J. W. Oumbaoo^Ii SOO.OO 

L. ].. Herndon 500.00 

8. J. Salyers 500.00 

H. C. Murrell 1000.00 

P. Gault Miller 500.00 

<.'. >f . Warren . .500.00 

W. Cassius Goolloe. .... 1000.00 

J. W. Carrick 500.00 

James G. Arnold 5000.00 

R. II. Snyder 1000.00 

S. B. Mills 250.00 

T. P. Haley lOOiOO 

F. A. Crump 250.00 

W. F. Miller 500l00 

Baker & Rubel 500.00 

D. E. Stark 500.00 

E. L. Huflfraan .' . . 1000.00 

Robert Skene ; 500.00 

Charles Tilden ... 500.00 

E. M. Stone 500.00 

John Terry 500.00 

Lewis A. Sherley lOOO.OO 

J. M. Bryant 1000.00 

John C. Sherley 1000.00 

John A. Dickinson .500.00 

T. H. Sherley 600.00 

Owen & Sutton .500.00 

Louis Rehms 1000.00 

Wni. M. Ward 1000.00 

L. J. Frazee .500.00 

W. T. Owen ,500^00 

D.Bennett 125^00 

Jacob Hughes .500.00 

Sale of Harrodsburg Lot. 1187.16 

Horrace Miller. . . .' 1000.00 

B. F. Rogers 1000.00 

B. F. Pullen 1000.00 

J. D. Butler 750.00 

Sam. Brooks 750.00 

Chas. V. Higo-ins 1000.00 

William Tarr' 1000.00 

G. G. White 1000.00 

C. Alexander 1000.00 

John Lucas 1000.00 

James L. Patterson 1000.00 

J. B. Sandusky . 1000.00 

J. M. Thomas 500.00 

J. T. Hinton 500.00 

Val. Hildreth 500.00 

E. F. Clay ,500.00 

Nancv H.' Moore 500.00 

Emily M. Taylor 500.00 

Oweii B. Thomas 500.00 

William Isgrig 500.00 

John T. Croxton 500.00 



Charles T. Garrard 

Ed. Taylor 

W. A. Parker... 
H. D>. Ayros . . 
Jolm McClintock 
J. M. Batterton . 
Ja-mes E. Kern . 
H. F. Hibler . . . 
Daniel Talbott.. 
John P. Wilson . 
E. Jane Rogers,. 

S. H. Clay 

Harvey Kerr 

H. Clay Hutchcraft 
Henry II. Smith . 
John W. Hedges. 
J. T. Quisenberry 
James E. Sudduth 
Thonuis II. Clay 
John Whitesides. 
Abram Renick . . 
Marv E. Grimes . 
W. H. Renick.. .. 

Jiohn C. Lairv 

D; M. Wlieat 

Francis Hall 

L. D. Barnes 

James Whaley . . . 
Martha A. Brown 

R. Aker 

L. W. Matsou 

E. A. Hutchcraft 

Cairrie Keese . 

C. H. Garrett . . 
L. Link 

F. J. Barbee 

JohnT. Taylor 

Emanuel Mann . 
Solomon Redman 

E. Marston 

R. M, Adair 

John J. Rogers . . 
Eli P. Wheat .... 
Jeremiah Duncan 

Henry Clay 

S. D. Talbott .... 
W. H. Thomas . . 
W. G. Morris ... 
Sam'l L. Pattersoi 
William SWnuer. 

H. C. Eals 

Edwin G. Bedford 

L. Ingersoll 

Mrs. J. B. Clay . 



500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
.500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
.500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
,500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
2,50.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
500.00 
,500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.06 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
500.00 
1000.00 
5000.00 



Total $185,012.16 



25 



LIST OF DONORS 



AP»I>^\R^TIJS FUND. 



E. A. Smith 

J.W. Douglas 

Vard T. Smith . . . 
W. W. Gray 

W. W. Matheny 

Ben. C. Trapnall. . . . 

J. V. Huttou 

G. O. Talbot 

J. A. Currv 

Fildino- Hall 
Joseph McGi-otv 

T. P. Mitchell ■ 

0. S. Post(m 

A. G. Smith 

Thos. J. Hutchinson 
.John H. Fauman . . . 
John C. Wasjfi-oner . 

J. A. Petty 

James Morg^an 

Lucy A. Tliompson 
William Campbell 

Thos. Stevenson 

L. Mountjoy 

Geortje P. Street 
Maiv E. Campbell 
Mr^. S. L. Sebree 
J. H. Billinpslev 
Benj. T. Perkitis 
R. P. McReyn Ids 
Nathan Peiiick 



20.00 
20.00 
000.00 
100.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
250.00 
100.00 
100 00 
100.00 
100.00 
25 00 
250.00 
150.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
200.00 
250.00 
500.00 
260.00 
100 00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
100 00 



Joel Morehead 100.00 

A. C. Valanding:ham 100.00 

John Shacklef'ord, jr 100.00 

Nancy Wilson 100.00 

Margaret Jones 100.00 

Judith F. Key 100.00 

Thomas Dawlton 100.00 

John L, Scott -100.00 

H. C. Barkley 100.00 

V. 0. Pinckard 100.00 

J. G. Spaulding 100 00 

B. C. Larew 100.00 

Charles B. Anderson 100.00 

Nancy Allen 100,00 

Mary. Ann Wheatley 100.00 

W. E. Smoot " 100.00 

Oustavus Lyons 100.00 

Daniel Runyon 100.00 

Henry T. Loyd 100.00 

J. W. Hess 100.00 

William Riddle 100.00 

S. G. Boyd 100.00 

Walter Scott . 100.00 

Mrs. J. Luttrell 100.00 

Thomas Drennon 100.00 

Nathan Ware 100.00 

Jerry Hall 100 00 



Total .$7,965 00 



At a late meeting of the Board (jf Curators, June 8th, the following Preamble and 
Resolutions were unanimously adopted: 

Whereas J. B. Bowman has, through the liberality and promptness of the Donors of 

Kentucky University, made the last payment on Ashland and Woodlands, and 

thus secured these magnificent estates iu fee simple to the Institution; 

Be it Resolved, That we hereby congratulate the friends of the University on the 

successful accomplishment of this important service in the cause of liberal education. 

Be it Resolved, That we hereby extend to Regent Bowman the expression of our 

confidence in the ability, zeal and fidelity with which he has executed the responsible 

trusts committed to his hands, with the assurance of our earnest hope he may be spared 

in Providence to complete the great work to which he has so long and so successfully 

devoted his life. 

Be it Resolved, That- this Preamble and Resolutions be duly entered on our Re- 
cord, and that copies of the same be duly furnished for publication in the city papers 
and in the annual catalogue of the University. 

R. M. BISHOP, Chairman. 
Jos, S. Woolfolk, Sec'y. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



029 949 819 



